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We'd prefer to set up an interview within the next 2 weeks and send an interview team out to your location, but phone/webcam interviews are also welcome. Thank you for your response and have a wonderful day, Thomas``` [2020-11-01 16:04:47] [Andrew Rambaut] Oh, right. Going to jump straight into that one [2020-11-01 16:11:27] [Andrew Rambaut] The phone number is Atlantic City NJ (don't know if Russia-1 have an office there). But googling the email address ` gives you one hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctpfRxvC0JQ First comment: > Email me at if you're interested in collaborating on song projects! [shared file(s): image.png] [2020-11-01 16:12:46] [Andrew Rambaut] Scam? Or just a genuine producer with a sideline in song writing who also uses his home email address for work? [2020-11-01 17:09:35] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, he contacted me the other day. I declined. Like the song stuff. I saw you got an email from Colonel Alexei? He's been emailing me for months. He's hilarious. [2020-11-02 06:47:55] [Robert Garry] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/world/world-health-organization-china-trump-coronavirus.html?smid= [2020-11-02 11:35:46] [Eddie Holmes] Dear Eddie, Thank you for your email. To be honest, I noticed the outbreak from the media in the morning of December 31, 2019. George knew the outbreak several hours earlier than me, midnight December 30, 2019 also from the media. In addition, as you know, what I do is to analyze the genome sequences from BGI and China CDC. I don't know what is going on with the information you sent. I guess it might be a typo. Anyway, I have contacted the collaborator from BGI to give a logical explannation. If necessary, I will tell this to George. Best wishes, Weifeng [2020-11-02 11:36:34] [Eddie Holmes] And it has indeed been corrected to Jan 29th 2020: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/samples/SAMEA6507890 [2020-11-02 11:36:51] [Eddie Holmes] [thread - ID: 2020-11-02 11:36:51] The perfect fix! [2020-11-02 11:39:56] [Eddie Holmes] Interesting story in the Times Bob. I'll look at that carefully later.